Chandigarh: The Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh committee announced on Tuesday to immediately postpone the ‘rail roko’ agitation after the Minister of Punjab Chararjit Singh Channi in a meeting with a farmer delegation decided to provide RS 17,000 per hectare assistance to be substantially damaged by the hail during the previous Kharif season .
The Delegation of the Mazdoor Sangharsh Mazdoor Committee was led by the Satnam State President Singh Pannu and the minister’s chairman urged them to avoid the agitation path because his government was sensitive to their difficulties and concerns.
Channi said that the ‘rail roko’ agitation had had a negative impact on the supply of urea and in-ammonium phosphate (DAP) throughout Punjab so that further reckoned their misery during the ongoing Rabbi season.
The minister convinced the delegation that he would immediately take this problem with the Affairs Minister Union Amit Shah for a quick withdrawal of the registered case of farmers by police Delhi and RPF during agitation for a year against the central government ‘black farm law’.
Punjab to cover all plants under farmers MSpaccepting other requests, the minister said that to ensure farmers get prices that benefit their plants, the Punjab government will soon come out with policies to cover all plants under the minimum price of minimum support (MSP), which is currently not Covered in the MSP regime by the central government.
He also told the farmer delegation, most of the names mentioned in their list of farmers who had lost their lives during agitation had been considered to provide financial compensation from RS 5 Lakh and government work for their family members.
Considering the demand for farmers, the minister also agreed to include three names of farmers who died early other agitation before the agricultural struggle for a year as a special case for financial compensation and government work for family members who qualified.
He was also directed at the Colonization Department to work beyond modalities to bestow ownership rights to cultivators in the occupation of land for a long time (relatory) after which allowed them to make payments in four installments.
Welcoming the delegation ideas to create ‘Basmati Trading Corporation’ to ensure basmati exports around the world with twin goals providing favorable prices for their plants and to provide a big boost towards diversification of plants, the main minister is directed by the Head of Chief Anirudh Tewari to conduct a detailed study before taking a detailed study final.
Punjab: Farmers delay ‘Rail Roko’ stir
